The Japanese government has announced introduction of ammonia into the fuel mix for thermal power generation and shipping from the late 2020s to help achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.

Splash 24/7  has previously reported Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) partnering with Japan Marine United and local class society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) to attempt commercialization of an ammonia-fueld gas carrier alongside floating storage and a regasification barge. Alongside the national hydrogen strategy released by the Japanese government, it is clear that at both a national and industry level, Japan has yet to fully commit to pursuing either fuel technology to the exclusion of the other.

For additional details, please visit the link below:

https://splash247.com/japan-promotes-ammonia-fuelled-shipping/ 

Posted on - 2020-12-08

A new poll conducted for Pacific Environment found (74%) of American voters would be more likely to shop at companies that use cleaner ways to ship their goods, and 70% of American voters would continue to shop at companies with cleaner shipping even if using clean ships raised the price of their goods.

Poll respondents look more favorably toward a company that imported their products using the cleanest fuel available (75%), was the first to ship their products on a zero-emissions ship (73%), or reduced shipping-related emissions by just a third (72%). More than eight in 10 (84%) agree that the shipping industry should be doing more to reduce the impacts of shipping goods around the world.

https://splash247.com/poll-finds-a-majority-of-americans-would-change-where-they-shop-to-support-cleaner-ships/ 

Posted on - 2020-12-03

Country delegates at the UN agency responsible for global shipping voted on Tuesday to avoid any meaningful intervention in the sector and continue to operate largely outside of any enforceable international law or external scrutiny, in spite of safer, cleaner and efficient technologies being available. It is not just continued operational inefficiencies that result of this lack of regulation, as major oil spills in Mauritius, Venezuela and Russia occurred this year. Many deaths at sea have also occurred alongside shipping related disasters such as the exploding oil supertanker off the coast of Sri Lanka and dangerous cargo exploding in the Port of Beirut. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of seafarers are stranded at sea in violation of labor laws while the COVID-19 restrictions continue.

President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris pledged to support ‘enforceable emissions agreements in international shipping’, and the influence this change in tack from the United States may have on the regulation and enforcement of more stringent standards in the international shipping sector has yet to be seen. 

 

 For more in-depth details, please visit the link below:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nishandegnarain/2020/11/18/un-shipping-regulator-breaks-climate-pledge--what-next-for-global-shipping/?sh=fca57c937921 

Posted on - 2020-12-03